Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in five districts of Jammu and Kashmir for the eighth consecutive night, officials confirmed on Friday.
The Indian Army responded in a “calibrated and proportionate manner”, a defence spokesperson in Jammu said. The ceasefire violations come amid heightened tensions following the 22 April terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives.
“During the night of May 1-2, 2025, Pakistani Army posts resorted to unprovoked small arms fire from posts across the LoC opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Poonch, Naushera, and Akhnoor areas of Jammu and Kashmir,” the spokesperson added.
Initially confined to small arms fire in the Kupwara and Baramulla sectors of north Kashmir, the ceasefire violations quickly expanded to the Poonch and Akhnoor sectors of Jammu, and later to Rajouri’s Sunderbani and Naushera sectors, as well as the Pargwal sector along the IB in Jammu district.
Civilians living along the LoC and IB have begun readying their community and individual bunkers. “This is being done in view of the tensions along the borders,” an official said.
The renewed hostilities have unfolded despite a recent hotline conversation between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan, in which the Indian side is believed to have issued a caution.
Since the night of 24 April—just hours after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in response to the Pahalgam attack—Pakistan has escalated its posture. It closed its airspace to Indian carriers, shut the Wagah border crossing, suspended trade, and warned that any attempt to divert water would be seen as an “act of war”.
The fragile ceasefire, reaffirmed by both nations in February 2021 to observe the 2003 agreement, appears under renewed strain.
India shares a 3,323-km border with Pakistan, including the 2,400-km-long IB, the 740-km-long LoC, and the 110-km-long Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) that demarcates the Siachen region.
In anticipation of shelling, villagers have begun cleaning the 14,460 government-sanctioned community and individual bunkers. Of these, over 8,600 have been built across Samba, Kathua, Jammu, Poonch, and Rajouri districts.
Harvesting along the R S Pura and Arnia sectors has been completed, while operations continue in Kathua, Samba, Rajouri, and Poonch.
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